| A | B |
|---|
| aggravate | to annoy or anger someone |
| appeal | an earnest or urgent request |
| cynical | distrustful of human nature |
| diction | clarity when speaking; choice of words |
| fatalistic | resigning to fate; allowing what happens to happen |
| fret | to worry |
| heathen | someone who deliberately insults religion, God, or a way of life |
| resentments | feelings of ill-will toward someone |
| statute | a law enacted by legislature |
| vehement | with conviction or force |
| adjourned | suspended until a later time |
| apprehension | hesitation |
| bellows | a device for blowing air on a flame in order for it to grow |
| devout | devoted to divine worship or service |
| duress | constant threat; coercion |
| hypocrite | someone who pretends to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, etc. that he or she does not possess |
| navigate | to find one’s way |
| squalid | foul and repulsive; neglected |
| varmint | an undesirable animal, usually a scavenger |
| veneer | a thin surface layer |
